Oppression's, cruel plunders and articles broken with the People.
Parliamentary Newspaper 1645 A joining through the counties of Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Hereford by the people was forced upon them. As in other counties the Civil War had torn away the fabric of civility. Demands made by the people of the Counties not of Parliamentary or King were put to the warring sides. Both sides took issue with these risings of the generality, for they were a third force. Without warrant from either side they saw fit to show their strength a